IIM Calcutta's CAT 2024 cutoffs for 2025-27 MBA batch set General overall at 85 percentile as minimum required, screening 1,800 candidates for PI where composite scores weighted CAT 56% against academics for final 462 seats. Actual calls hit 98+ for General in practice, per post-shortlist data, while OBC averaged 92 overall to access 15% reserves amid 27% category surge. SC/ST thresholds at 70/65 cleared 200+ for WAT, emphasising non-negative raw scores in QA for operations electives that landed KPMG roles at 20% higher CTCs.
Category | VARC | DILR | QA | Minimum Overall | Actual Overall |
| General | 80 | 80 | 75 | 85 | 99 |
| EWS | 70 | 65 | 65 | 75 | 75 |
| NC-OBC | 70 | 65 | 65 | 75 | 75 |
| SC | 65 | 60 | 60 | 70 | 70 |
| ST | 55 | 55 | 55 | 65 | 70 |
| PwD | 45 | 45 | 45 | 55 | 55 |
Instead of just picking up CAT scores, IIM Calcutta takes the academic percentage, CAT scores, work experience, and gender diversity into account to release offer letters for WAT and PI. The following table displayed the composite scores set by IIM Calcutta for shortlisting for WAT and PI for the IIM Calcutta admissions in 2025.
Categories | Scores |
| General | 51.30 |
| EWS | 46.95 |
| NC-OBC | 44.775 |
| SC | 38.714 |
| ST | 33.915 |
| Course Name | Fees | Eligibility |
| M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) | ₹31,00,000 | Bachelor's degree in any discipline, Minimum aggregate score of 50% (45% for SC/ST/PWD candidates), Valid CAT score |
| P.G.D.M. (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) | Bachelor's degree in any discipline, Minimum 50% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA, Valid CAT score | |
| Post Graduate Diploma | ₹25,00,000 | |
| Certificate | ₹1,35,000 - 12,89,000 | Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification, minimum of two years of work experience |
| Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) | Master's degree or equivalent in any discipline, minimum of 55% marks or equivalent CGPA, valid score in CAT/GRE/GMAT/GATE/JRF (UGC/CSIR) examinations, completion of a two-year full-time PGPX program from IIMs with a minimum CGPA of 6.0 out of 10.0. | |
| P.G.P.M. (Post Graduate Program in Management) | ₹21,00,000 | Bachelor's degree in any discipline, Minimum 50% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA, Valid CAT score |
| P.G.P.Ex. (Post Graduate Programme for Executives) | ₹2,00,000 | 5 years of full-time work experience, valid GMAT/CAT score, bachelor's degree or equivalent in any discipline |
If we analyse the IIM Calcutta cutoff trends, it can be concluded that the qualifying cutoffs for MBA based on CAT have not changed over the years. The category-wise IIM Kolkata CAT cut off for 2023-25 is ≥85 percentile for the General category, ≥75 percentile for the NC-OBC category, and ≥65 percentile for the ST category students. Similarly, the IIM Calcutta CAT cut off trends (sectional) for the General category have also remained the same for the last three years (2023, 2024, and 2025): ≥80 percentile (VARC), ≥80 percentile (DILR), ≥75 percentile (QA), and ≥85 percentile (Overall).
| Category | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| GENERAL/ OPEN | 99.71 | 98 | 99 |
| EWS | 99.03 | - | - |
| NC-OBC | 91.44 | - | - |
| SC | 77.90 | - | - |
| Category | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| VARC | ≥80 | ≥80 | ≥80 |
| DILR | ≥80 | ≥80 | ≥80 |
| QA | ≥75 | ≥75 | ≥75 |
| Overall | ≥85 | ≥85 | ≥85 |